The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) George the Fifth Class was a class of 4-4-0 passenger steam locomotive.
History The locomotives were introduced during July 1910 by Charles Bowen-Cooke following the succession of George V, construction continued until 1915. They were essentially superheated versions of the LNWR Whale Precursor Class. At the same time, similar non-superheated Queen Mary Class engines were also built but all of these acquired superheaters as the advantages of superheating became clear and were absorbed into the George the Fifth Class.
A total of 90 Georges were built, and all were named. The LNWR reused names and numbers from withdrawn locomotives, with the result that the numbering system was completely haphazard.
All of the Georges passed into London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) ownership on the grouping in 1923. The LMS gave them the power classification 3P. The LMS renumbered them into a more logical series of 5320–5409, and later in 1936/37 those had not been then withdrawn were again renumbered by the addition of 20000 into the 25320–25409 series to make room for Black Fives. It was also at this time that a few of the names were removed so that they could be applied to new LMS Jubilee Class engines.
Withdrawals started in 1935, and by 1939 only nine remained. British Railways (BR) inherited three in 1948: 25321, which was withdrawn in February that year, and 25350 and 25373, which were allocated the BR numbers 58011/2 in March but never carried them as both were withdrawn in May that year. No original members have been preserved.
Accidents and incidents
On 14 August 1915, locomotive No. 1489 Wolfhound was hauling a passenger train when it suffered a mechanical failure in its motion, with the result that the opposite track was damaged. A mail train was derailed on the damaged track at Weedon, Northamptonshire. Ten people were killed and 21 were injured.
New Build Locomotive
Since 2012 the George the Fifth Steam Trust is currently building a George the Fifth class locomotive named after Prince George.
List of Locomotives +List of LNWR George the Fifth class locomotivesLNWRNo. LNWR name CreweWorksNo. Date built LMSNo. Date withdrawn Notes 2663 George the Fifth 4970 5320 1294 WolferstanF. S. P. Wolferstan 4971 5322 † 1725 BatesonJohn Bateson 4972 5324 † 2155 BrocklehurstW. C. Brocklehurst 4973 5326 † 1059 LochLord Loch 4974 5321 † 1583 WardHenry Ward 4975 5323 † 2025 BrookeSir Thomas Brooke 4976 5325 † 228 NettlefoldE. Nettlefold 4977 5327 445 ChambresP. H. Chambres 4978 5328 2664 4979 5329 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted June 1913 2168 4980 5339 † 238 4981 5336 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted September 1914 896 4982 5332 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted January 1914 1195 4983 5337 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted September 1914 1550 Westminster 4984 5330 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted September 1913 1559 Drake 4985 5333 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted January 1914 2151 Newcomen 4986 5334 † Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted April 1914 2271 4987 5331 † Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted November 1913 2507 4988 5335 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted January 1914 2512 4989 5338 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted October 1914 956 Bulldog 4990 5340 Named Dachshund until December 1915 1489 Wolfhound 4991 5341 1504 Boarhound 4992 5342 1513 Otterhound 4993 5343 1532 Bloodhound 4994 5344 † 1628 Foxhound 4995 5345 † 1662 Deerhound 4996 5346 1706 Elkhound 4997 5347 † 1792 Staghound 4998 5353 2495 Bassethound 4999 5357 † 1800 Coronation 5000 5348 † Ran briefly as no. 5000 502 British Empire 5001 5349 868 India 5002 5350 ‡ 882 Canada 5003 5351 1218 Australia 5004 5352 2081 New Zealand 5005 5354 2212 South Africa 5006 5355 2291 Gibraltar 5007 5356 † 2177 Malta 5008 5358 2498 Cyprus 5009 5359 361 Beagle 5010 5360 † 888 Challenger 5011 5361 1360 Fire Queen 5012 5362 † 1394 Harrier 5013 5363 2494 Perseus 5014 5368 1623 Nubian 5015 5364 1631 Racehorse 5016 5365 † 1644 Roebuck 5017 5366 2089 Traveller 5018 5367 2220 Vanguard 5019 5374 † 1371 Quail 5020 5369 † 1417 Landrail 5021 5370 1472 Moorhen 5022 5371 † 1595 Wild Duck 5023 5372 † 1681 Ptarmigan 5024 5373 ‡ 1713 Partridge 5025 5375 1730 Snipe 5026 5376 † 1733 Grouse 5027 5377 † 1777 Widgeon 5028 5378 † 1799 Woodcock 5029 5379 82 DickensCharles Dickens 5118 5380 † 752 HickJohn Hick 5119 5381 2124 RennieJohn Rennie 5120 5382 † 1138 FroudeWilliam Froude 5121 5385 2154 SiemensWilliam Siemens 5122 5387 † 2282 ArkwrightRichard Arkwright 5123 5388 89 MayallJohn Mayall 5124 5383 132 GravesS. R. Graves 5125 5384 1193 TootalEdward Tootal 5126 5386 2279 CrossfieldHenry Crossfield 5127 5395 † 681 St. George 5128 5390 845 Saddleback 5129 5391 1188 Penmaenmawr 5130 5392 † 1680 Loyalty 5131 5393 † 2086 Phaeton 5132 5394 404 Eclipse 5133 5389 † 1481 Typhon 5134 5396 2197 Planet 5135 5397 2242 Meteor 5136 5398 2428 StalbridgeLord Stalbridge 5137 5399 363 Llandudno 5237 5400 789 Windermere 5238 5401 984 Carnarvon 5239 5402 104 Leamington Spa 5242 5403 Named Leamington until December 1915 226 Colwyn Bay 5243 5404 1086 Conway 5244 5405 2153 Llandrindod 5240 5406 † 2233 Blackpool 5241 5407 2106 Holyhead 5245 5408 † 2370 Dovedale 5246 5409 †
See also LNWR Prince of Wales Class LNWR Claughton Class
Notes
References "LNWR George the Fifth Trust- Homepage"
External links LNWR George the Fifth Steam Locomotive Trust George the Fifth Class Coronation name plate showing the locomotive was the 5000th engine built at Crewe Works LNWR Society Photographs of the Bowen-Cooke 4-4-0 George the Fifth class steam locomotives